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Despite the enormous popularity of crime novels and thrillers, I don’t, in general, like reading them and especially not those with gory bodies and serial killers. I think that the popularity of such books feeds into the obsession with crime in our media, and into law and order campaigns in our politics. Truth be told, I bought Bogdan Teodorescu’s novel Sword, serial killer and all, because it was translated by Marina Sofia who I count among my bookish virtual friends. I had no intention of reading it, I
But, browsing my shelves for translations to read during #WITmonth, I came across Sword and ( #SmacksForehead completely forgetting that Teodorescu is a notable Romanian author and not Czech at all) I made a mental note of it for Stu’s upcoming Czech Lit month , and began reading it one day when marooned in a waiting room.
And discovered that while Sword certainly does feature a serial killer, the novel is actually a cautionary tale about cynicism in politics and the media, and an exposé of systematic prejudice against the Roma, a significant minority in Romania. (About 8%, according to Wikipedia ).
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